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TI-2003-00054 Aliases CVE-2003-0058GHSA-mfh7-xj2q-5w6v

MIT Kerberos V5 Key Distribution Center (KDC) before 1.2.5 allows remote authenticated…

Priority LOW 31Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

MIT Kerberos V5 Key Distribution Center (KDC) before 1.2.5 allows remote authenticated attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) on KDCs within the same realm via a certain protocol request that causes a null dereference.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0483 92nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 3 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 8

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.1Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.2Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.3Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.4Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:sun:enterprise_authentication_mechanism:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*8.0VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*9.0VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.8VulnerableSun
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.1 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.2 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.3 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.4 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:enterprise_authentication_mechanism:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.0 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.8 Vulnerable ·Sun

Remediation

Red Hat 3 advisories

  • RHSA-2003:168 Released 2003-04-29 · Red Hat rating Critical
    : : : Updated kerberos packages fix various vulnerabilities
    • Red Hat Linux 7.1
  • RHSA-2003:052 Released 2003-03-27 · Red Hat rating Critical
    krb5 security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
    • Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
  • RHSA-2003:051 Released 2003-03-26 · Red Hat rating Critical
    : Updated kerberos packages fix various vulnerabilities
    • Red Hat Linux 6.2
    • Red Hat Linux 7.0
    • Red Hat Linux 7.1
    • Red Hat Linux 7.2
    • Red Hat Linux 7.3
    • Red Hat Linux 8.0

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 Fixed RHSA-2003:052
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1Fixed RHSA-2003:052
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1Fixed RHSA-2003:052
Red Hat Linux 6.2Fixed RHSA-2003:051
Red Hat Linux 7.0Fixed RHSA-2003:051
Red Hat Linux 7.1Fixed RHSA-2003:051
Red Hat Linux 7.2Fixed RHSA-2003:051
Red Hat Linux 7.3Fixed RHSA-2003:051
Red Hat Linux 8.0Fixed RHSA-2003:051
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1Fixed RHSA-2003:052

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2003-0058
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mfh7-xj2q-5w6v

References

Patch 2

Advisory 6

Other 1

Sources

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